ILA News

13TH Annual International Longshoremen’s Association Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee Award Dinner To Honor Four Maritime Leaders At November 7th Dinner in New Jersey

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (November 1, 2026) The Thirteenth Annual International Longshoremen’s Association Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee Award Dinner will honor four Industry leaders at a dinner scheduled for Saturday, November 7, 2026, at the Envue Autograph Collection Hotel in Weehawken, New Jersey.  A reception begins at 6 pm with the dinner and

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Historic Meeting In Geneva, Switzerland Brings Together Leaders of International Longshoremen’s Association and Mediterranean Shipping Company

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – (October 30, 2026)  Harold J. Daggett, President, and Dennis A. Daggett, Executive Vice President, International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), traveled to Europe  this week to meet with the leaders of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), a historic gathering that brought together the world’s strongest maritime union and the largest container shipping company. Gianluigi Aponte,

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Stephen L. Sparks, 50 Year ILA Member from Local 1459, Port of Mobile, Alabama, Passes Away on October 25, 2026, at Age 70

The International Longshoremen’s Association mourns the passing of Stephen Lanier Sparks, a  member of ILA Local 1459 at  the Port of Mobile, Alabama and who was a proud ILA longshoreman for 50-years. “In every union, you have that one member who held every office and was loved by all members and held in the highest

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Kim Brown, ILA 1248 Member, Receives Inaugural “Thomas M. Little Annual Safety and Productivity Award” from the Port of Virginia

NORFOLK, VA. – Congratulations to the ILA’s Kim Brown, a longtime member of ILA Local 1248 in the Port of Hampton Roads, Virginia, who was recently honored by the Port of Virginia with the “Thoams M. Little Annual Safety and Productivity Award.”  The Award is named for the now retired International Vice President Thoams Little

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